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Abstract Abstract Paintings

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
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Untitled. From "La Música Ausente" series. Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled. From "La Música Ausente" series. Oil on canvas Image Size: 170 H x 190 W cm. Unframed _______ The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expressionist impri...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Preludio en el Hospital VS. From "La Música Ausente" series. Abstract Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Preludio en el Hospital VS. From "La Música Ausente" series. Oil on canvas Image Size: 200 H x 145 W cm. Unframed _______ The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expr...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Las Tablas de JC. From "La Música Ausente" series. Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Las Tablas de JC. From "La Música Ausente" series. Painting Acrylic on canvas Image Size: 57 7/8 H x 83 7/8 W in. Unframed _______ The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gestu...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Many-Worlds Interpretation (C.D.H.I.A.H.)
Located in New York, NY
Abstract image made using egg tempera on hardboard panel.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Egg Tempera

Tin Cans and Twine
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Rizzi selects the most dynamic portions of gestural marks produced from purely extemporaneous experimentation. He rearranges pieces, zooming in on certain areas and making impulsive ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XVIII, Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XVIII, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The arti...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XX, Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XX, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 3...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XIX, Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XIX, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The artist...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Tomorrow - rich, colorful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic, crayon on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Enigmatic shapes and calligraphic lines dance across a flood of turquoise beneath a sky of burnished orange in this large scale painting by Alice Teichert. The artist works with thin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic

Everything you Touch Turns to Gold by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Everything you Touch Turns to Gold by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic and gold powder on canvas 146 x 114 cm (57 ¹/₂ x 44 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed and titled on the reverse Executed in 20...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XVI, Abstract Painting on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XVI, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The artist...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Mantra, Waves. Abstract painting, Acrylic paint on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mantra (Waves), 2022 by Yunior Manino Acrylic paint on canvas Image size: 142 cm H X 152 cm W Unframed Signed by artist _______ Yunior Marino complet...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled Landscape with White Square - modernist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The landscape, as interpreted by the uniquely talented eye of abstract artist, Otto Rogers. In his characteristic modernist style, this appears to be a view focused on the horizon wh...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Panel

Cenizas y diamantes XVII, Abstract Painting Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XVII, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The artis...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

One Day by Lélia Pissarro - Contemporary Abstract painting
Located in London, GB
One Day by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Oil on canvas 146 x 114 cm (57 ½ x 44 ⅞ inches) Signed and titled on the reverse Executed in 2008 Literature Lélia Pissarro, The Colours of Silen...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Wo Alu und Honig Fließen by OTTO PIENE - Red and Black Abstract Painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL NEED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Wo Alu und Honig Fließen by OTTO PIENE (1928-2014) Fire gouache with aluminium on cardboard 99 x 64 cm (39 x...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache, Cardboard

Cenizas y diamantes XIV, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XIV, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The artist...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XIII, Abstract Painting Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XIII, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The artis...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XV, Abstract Painting on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XV, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The artist'...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

F. AC (Ficelle AC Bris by JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE - Canadian artist, 20th century art
Located in London, GB
F. AC (Ficelle AC Bristol) by JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE (1923-2002) Acrylic on paper laid down on canvas 89.7 x 49.5 cm (35 1⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 inches) Signed with initial lower right, R and titl...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Phenomena Greet by Day by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Greet by Day by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 146 x 114.3 cm (57 ½ x 45 inches) Signed lower right, Paul Jenkins Executed in 1994-1996 Provenance: Private collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist) Stern Pissarro Gallery, London Private collection, Netherlands Artist biography Born at Kansas City in Missouri (USA), the multi-media artist, poet and playwright Paul Jenkins studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Students League in New York City. After his discharge from military service at the end of February 1946, he briefly studied playwriting with dramatist George McCalmon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Thereafter, Jenkins spent four years studying with Japanese American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi in New York City. His first solo exhibitions were held at Studio Paul Facchetti in Paris in 1954 and the Martha Graham Gallery in New York City in 1956. Over the past thirty years, numerous retrospectives have been curated across the globe and Jenkins’ work can found in national collections from Europe and the United States to Israel, Australia and Japan. The diversity of his work springs from Jenkins’ wealth of eclectic influences. Some of his earliest works included what he called "interior landscapes" influenced by ancient natural forms like the caves he visited in the Ozark Mountains in his native-Missouri. Frequent student visits to the Frick Collection in New York fostered a love of the great masters: Bellini, Holbein, Vermeer, Rembrandt, de la Tour, Turner and Goya. In compliment, lingering student visits to the renowned Eastern collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City evoked powerful sympathy for a monumental Chinese fresco...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Serra’s (Italian, b. 1946) revival of archaic painting techniques is founded on his intimate understanding of these older materials and deep respect for “Old Master” paintings from t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Cenizas y diamantes X, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes X, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artist's...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes XI, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XI, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artist'...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Inceptions No 4 - soft, contemplative abstraction, plaster and pigment on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
And island of burnished ochre and white floats on a pale green ground in this contemplative abstraction by Jutta Naim. Naim's artwork explores the creative psychological state, a m...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Plaster, Pigment

Séptico I, Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Séptico I, by Alec Franco Acrylic, pastel, oil on canvas Image Size: 90 cm H X 70 cm W Signed by artist 2022 _______ The artist's works are based on time and on informal aesthetic ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Cenizas y diamantes IV, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes IV, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 4...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Red tone cube in human scale. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Red tone cube in human scale, by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Composition with Tools series Acrylic and oil on canvas Image size: 170 H cm x 8...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mantra. Abstract painting, Acrylic paint on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mantra, 2017 by Yunior Manino Acrylic paint on canvas Image size: 180 cm H X 220 cm W Unframed Signed by artist _______ Yunior Marino completed his ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Liberté Interdite by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract painting by contemporary artist
Located in London, GB
Liberté Interdite by LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963) Acrylic on canvas 115.5 x 85.5 cm (45 1⁄2 x 33 5⁄8 inches) Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro Signed Lélia Pissarro and titled Liberté ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silver

Cenizas y diamantes IX, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes IX, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 4...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes VIII, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes VIII, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artis...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes VII, Abstract painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes VII, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artist...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes VI, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes VI, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artist'...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Hue, Saturation and Lightness. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hue, Saturation and Lightness by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Composition with Tools series Acrylic and oil on canvas Overall size: 130 H cm x 39W cm. Individual pain...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes V, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes V, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artist's...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Séptico II, Mixed media Abstract painting on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Séptico II, by Alec Franco Acrylic, pastel, oil on canvas Image Size: 90 cm H X 70 cm W Signed by artist 2022 _______ The artist's works are based on time and on informal aesthetic...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Mantra II, Infinito. Abstract painting, Acrylic paint on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mantra (Infinito), 2022 by Yunior Manino Acrylic paint on canvas Image size: 100 cm H X 200 cm W Unframed Signed by artist _______ Yunior Marino com...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Composición con Herramientas. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Composición con Herramientas, Triptych by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Composition with Tools series Acrylic and oil on canvas individual painting size: 40 H cm x 30 W c...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Apali
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Acrylic and polymer on aluminum panel
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer

Mesasoar
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Stanley Boxer devoted nearly five decades to the development of an expressive, abstract practice, encompassing drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. “In the manufacture of my art, I u...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Red Composition by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI - Contemporary, Abstract, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Red Composition by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI (1928-2002) Oil on canvas 80.2 x 55.3 (31 ⅝ x 21 ¾ inches) Signed, TOSHIMITSU IMAÏ, dated, 1963 Paris and inscribed in Japanese on the reverse Provenance Private collection, USA Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1928 Imai was part of the 20th century Japanese avant-garde. He began his formal education at the Tokyo State Art Academy where he took up painting. His early works are characterised by colourful abstractions, reminiscent of Favuism. In 1951 Imai was awarded the Kansai-Shinseisaku Prize and in 1952 the prize for the best new artist at the 15th Shinseisaku Salon. Imai relocated to Paris in 1953, the same and subsequent year he exhibited at the Salon de L’Art Sacré. Meanwhile, he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Sorbonne to read medieval history and philosophy. In 1955, Imai completely abandoned representational art in favour of abstraction. After meeting the art critic Michel Tapié via the artist Sam Francis, Imai was the first Japanese artist to join the Art Informel movement. In 1956 Imai was called upon by the Japanese artist Taro Okamoto to curate an exhibition entitled The World: Today’s Art in Tokyo. Artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, and Karel Appel gained important exposure in Japan. It was also in 1957, when Imai arranged for Tapié and the artists Georges Mathieu and Sam Francis to travel to Japan, that a connection between Art Informel and Gutai occurred. The Ashiya-based Gutai Art Association formed in 1954 was proclaimed a kindred spirit by Tapié which he subsequently promoted internationally. Founding members included Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayma Akira, Murakami Saburo, Shiraga Kazuo and Shozo Shimamoto...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moog Music 9 - bright, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Kramer’s modern and graphic paintings express lyrical, geometric abstraction via a harmonic interplay of syncopated shapes of various sizes and colours. Trained at Yale University ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

Blue tone cube. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Blue tone cube, by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Composition with Tools series Acrylic and oil on canvas Image size: 50 H cm. x 40 W cm. Mounted on a strecher The “Compo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Arise - vivid, colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic & crayon on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As if ascending to the heavens, a luminous silvery cloud set against a brilliant blue background appears to rise from the base of this stunning composition by Alice Teichert. For the...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Crayon

Agua en el humo y cielo en el fuego, Polyptych. Wall painting Installation
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Agua en el humo y cielo en el fuego (Polyptych), 2022 by Yunior Manino Acrylic paint on canvas Total installation size (32 pieces): 246 cm H X 425 cm ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

Black glitter bucket. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black glitter bucket, by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Composition with Tools series Acrylic and oil on canvas Image size: 50 H cm. x 40 W cm....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

1007 Acrylic on Canvas abstract Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1007, 2021 by Alex Quintanilla Acrylic paint on Canvas Canvas size: 140 cm H x 225 cm W Unframed Production time 5 weeks. Alejandra Quintanilla...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Triptych Cenizas y diamantes III, IV and V, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Triptych Cenizas y diamantes III, IV and V, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Over...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes III, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes III, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45 W cm. Unframed The artist...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Kandahar
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Kandahar Acrylic and mixed media on fabric, c. 1970 Signed by the artist lower right (see photo) Kandahar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country next to Pakistan. Inspired by the Dehns visit to Afghanistan in the 1960's. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Dehn Heirs Condition: Excellent Canvas size: 18 x 20 inches Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen to draw directly on the stone for her lithographs, which often depicted trees or still lifes. The Dehns' other travels included visits to Key West, Colorado, Mexico, and countries such as Greece, Haiti, Afghanistan, and India. Dehn's style of art differend greatly from that of her husband, though the two sometimes exhibited together. A friend of the couple remarked, "Adolf paints landscapes; Virginia paints inscapes." Virginia Dehn generally painted an interior vision based on her feelings for a subject, rather than a literal rendition of it.] Many of her paintings consist of several layers, with earlier layers showing through. She found inspiration in the Abstract Expressionism movement that dominated the New York and Paris art scenes in the 1950s. Some of her favorite artists included Adolf Gottileb, Rothko, William Baziotes, Pomodoro, and Antonio Tapies. Dehn most often worked with bold, vibrant colors in large formats. Her subjects were not literal, but intuitive. She learned new techniques of lithography from her husband Adolf, and did her own prints. Texture was very important to her in her work. Her art was influenced by a variety of sources. In the late 1960s she came across a book that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images inspired her to change the direction of some of her paintings. Other influences on Dehn's art came from ancient and traditional arts of various cultures throughout the world, including Persian miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, Dutch still life painting, Asian art, ancient Egyptian artifacts...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Cenizas y diamantes II, Abstract painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes II, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 4...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Painting, Cenizas y diamantes I
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes I, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 45...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Two Characters and A Shadow
Located in New York, NY
abstract painting with yellow and green tones
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Freedom of Flight - colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Paris born Alice Teichert’s ethereal graphic work is inspired by a rich background in art, music and literature. Her love of the old masters is evident in the composition and colours...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic

Waves and Particles. Abstract painting, Acrylic paint on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Waves and Particles, 2021 by Yunior Manino Acrylic paint on canvas Image size: 170 cm H X 192 cm W Unframed Signed by artist _______ Yunior Marino c...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

And Lia by LÉLIA PISSARRO - Contemporary Art, Abstract, Painting, Acrylic
Located in London, GB
And Lia by LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963) Acrylic and gold powder on canvas 100 x 70 cm (39 ¼ x 27 ½ inches) Signed lower left, Lélia Pissarro Titled on the reverse “And Lia”, signed Léli...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Turquoise Square - colourful, expressive, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking abstract painting by Vancouver artist Pat Service was inspired by a watercolour of a lake in summer. Bright turquoise waters, a band of trees in soft green, a cabin in ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nestor Toro, Giorgio Lo Fermo, Newel Hunter, and Sumit Mehndiratta. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.

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